Scottish Funding Council Annexe A Number of employers accessing the Flexible Workforce Development Fund each year Year Number of employers Year 1: 2017-18 687 Year 2: 2018-19 750 Year 3: 2019-20 737 Year 4: 2020-21 Levy payers 693 SME (college) 772 SME (OUiS) 114 Annex A: Case Studies Adult social care To address workforce shortages in adult social care, SFC worked with the College Development Network (CDN)_and the Care Strategy Steering Group across all colleges to develop a proposal for a national Introduction to a Career in Socialcare programme, using National Transition Training Fund (NTTF) funding.